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Machine ogre steals money DEAR MS. MILLER: I have recently unearthed a capitalistic exploitative device unmercifully devouring the financial resources of the students of the University of South Carolina. This cQntrivance has been placed in our very midst by some money-hungry ogre with the un derlying plan of fleecing the monetary supply of its patrons. This machine falsely advertises the proposition of returning your money as determined by this purple penny-eating machine located in Russell House lobby. I feel intensely, as I'm sure many of my fellow students do, that some strong and immediate course of action must be taken by someone in a responsible position to suppress this copper-crazy criminal from continuing to ingest the Abe Lincolns of Carolina students on such a pretentious proposition. M. R. MURPHY No draft for anything DEAR MS. MILLER: In the March 10, issue of the GAMECOCK, the Editorial Board suggested replacing the present military draft with a consumer protection agency, which would be staffed with draftees. It stated, "We sort of like the last idea. The thought of drafting young men to protect our country against fraudulent business practices would have numerous benefits." The thought of drafting young men for any reason should be appalling to anyone who values individual liberty. Article XIII of the United States Constitution states, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Is not a national draft, for any reason, involuntary servitude? What crime has the draftee committed, besides being a 19 year-old male? Unless life has GAM E The GAMECOCK is published tr semesters with the exception of Un Changes of address forms, subscri; should be sent to Drawer A, USC, Cc $3 per semester or $6 for both semes GAMECOCK this year received $50 entitling full-time students to a subs GAMECOCK are in Rooms 316 an University campus. Phones are 777 class postage paid at Columbia, S. publication of the students of the Uni official publication of the Universits not necessarily represent those of th staff members of the GAMECOCK. Editor......... .. . ..... Managing Editor... .. .. .. Associate Editor.... .. .. .. Assistant Managing Editor .... Business Manager.... .. .. .. Sports Editor... .. .. .. .. Asst. Sports Editor.. .. . ... Photo Editor... .. .. .. .. Chief Reporter.... .. .. .. .. News- Editors.... .. .. .... , Feature Editor..... .. .. .. Circulation..... .. .. .. .. . Classified Advertising... .. .. Staff Writers .. .. .. .. .....Lar Gilbert, Bob Grondahl, Barbar. Niewiadomski, Ellen Murray, Kris Wilson, Ann Winters, Debbie K rell, I and Fran Zupan. Sports Writers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Photographers..........Courtni Advertising Manager... .... OTemporary positions pe recently declared a crime, he. is innocent. It seems obvious that any type of national draft is unconstitutional. How can Americans complacently stand by and not loudly shout, "NO!" What is wrong, America ...? LARRY E. EVANS Widening Pickens backward step DEAR MS. MILLER: I find it interesting that the hearing for the TOPICS plan concerning the widening of Pickens Street has been set for March 29, 1972. Could it be that A hearing so "interested persons will be given an opportunity to learn more about the project...and to comment on social, economics, and environmental effects of the work" has been set during Spring recess to exclude student partici ation? The widening of Pickens Street would affect various aspects of campus life. Considering the ef fects it will have on the Carolina community I am wondering why we have had not response from "our gang" in student govern ment. The only organized student response I have seen concerning this issue comes from ECO 70s which seems to be better representing student interest than the people elected for that purpose. With a rise in noise level and a decrease in air quality it looks like good-bye to those occasional out door classes and just relaxing on the grass. The plan will probably save motorists five or ten minutes while Pickens becomes a main artery for city traffic. At $175,000 it looks like another step backward in the name of progress. JAN STEENSEN Thank you, freshman class DEAR MS. MILLER: Just a short note to say thank you to the freshman class at USC and all othe other young people from our area who participated in the project to help make our Columbia area a cleaner more beautiful place to live. They are much appreciated. MS. JACK J. STEWART COCK i-weekly during the fall and spring| Iversity holidays and exam periods. ition requests and other mail Items I lumbla, S. C. Subscription rates are ters. Bulk copies are $6 per 100. The ,000 from the student activity fund, cription to the paper. Offices of the d 318 of the Russell House on the -8178, 777-4249 and 777-3888. Second C. Although the GAMECOCK is a versity of South Carolina, It Is not an f. The opinions expressed herein doI e V)nlversity, the student body, or all ...... .. ..eGlenda Miller . ....... .. ...OJim Farrell .. .. ..... ..John T. Gash . .... .. .. .. ..Sharon Givens~ . ....... ... .. Ute Huckabee .... .. .. ....Doug Williams ...... ..... . .Steve Parker . .... .. ......Tom Price ... .. .. .. ..Rusty Robinson .... .. ....Karin Burchstead. Vicki Thomas ... .. .. .. .. ..Bob Craft ... .. .. .. ..Monty Preston ..... .. .. ..Patty McGuillian ry Evans, K. Wayne Ford, Armida m Murray, Ruthie Lyon, Judi e Schweickert, Sharon Edsell, Beth Betty Woodruff, Charlie Fellenbaum, Bill Grant, Jim Hersh, Gary West, Veron Whitmire my Dicely, Doug Holladay, Alan Hul, eve K ijh, Lewis Phillips, Murray Sill ...... .. .. ....Art Frank nding staff organization.| Letters Widen Pickens DEAR MS. MILLER: I share Mr. Derk's concern over losing part or the lawn at the Humanities Complex by widening and realigning Pickens Street. But some of his assertions in Monday's "Capon" column need more thought. True, traffic will probably in crease on Pickens Street, but congestion will almost certainly decrease. Motorists won't have to wait for pedestrians to cross or for other motorists making turns. Air pollution should be reduced, because cars won't be tied up in traffic idling their engines. Noise may be reduced a little by the street's being below ground level, and the landscaping will absorb noise. Improving Pickens should help, rather than hinder, the prospects for closing Green Street through campus (which I favor) by helping provide a detour. Even if bike paths are not provided, cyclists (such as myself) will at least have a lot more room. Let's remember that Pickens is to moved as well as widened, eliminating a nasty job at Pen dieton. This realignment and the overpass will give pedestrians and cyclists a fighting chance of get ting across these streets alive. At least one student has already been struck at College and Pickens. For the sake of saving lives and the environment, I urge Mr. Derks and ECO 70's to drop their cam paign against this project and to take up one in favor of it. M. K. TERRELL Usry's promise meaningless DEAR MS. MILLER: At last, all our problems are solved! Just run out and vote for Joe Usry and gain admission to heaven on earth! His ad vertisement in the March 13th issue of the GAMECOCK promises pre-registration -- no lines -- ---m--mm-mm mu &THOM. VIceP I0 Stude classes when you want them. Wow. Although I haven't been a computer professional for all that long, I had no idea that merely sending "the cards to the computer center" was all it took. Somehow I had been misled to believe that some thousands of dollars of man and machine costs would be in volved in writing a sophisticated systems of programs for this kind of massive resources scheduling process. I always thought that if everyone got classes exactly when he wanted them that would mean that no classes ever started before 10 or ran past 2. Now I see the light. When these 400 who want history 202 on MWF at 10 o'clock get split into these 5 sections (averaging, I presume, 80 students each), and the 500 who want physics 714 at that same time get split into 10 section of 50, where, pray tell, do we build the extra lecture halls? And by the way, if I preregister for math 266 and then proceed to "NC" the math 265 prerequisite I am now taking, won't that cause problems? While the promises are flowing freely, why not promise only the teachers you want for the course, too? The fact that all 400 of those 202 people want different people to teach them in it should be no more of a problem than those already involved. Of course, no responsible can didate would promise these great things without a reasonable plan for delivering them. Clearly Usry has a bond issue available, a great increase in the budget for Com puter Services Division to hire the professionals needed and fund the work, etc. It just seems strange to me that that ad was written as if these problems did not exist, and that neither the office of the Director of Registration and Academic Scheduling nor the office of the new Computer Ser vices Division seem to know anything about it. How does one promise the spending of millions of dollars of the University's funds without having the people who would actually spend it know anything about it? Oh well, I guess I have more to learn than I thought I did. Only good old candidate Usry seems to know all. BRIAN G. GORDON mommmm -mm mm - 4SSON . I Body I -- - -- - - Playing that 'drop date' game DEAR MS. MILLER: Carolina's administration has succeeded in devising one mre way to harass the students: the "Drop Date" game. Under the rules of this game, all CarAina students are automatically assumed to be players. The trick involved is for said player to be able to predict, by a certain date, whether or not to drop a course. Now if the player makes the correct decision, he "wins" the game. Tbat is, he gets to forfeit his investment of time, money, and effort without having this more recorded. But if said player makes an incorrect decision, and decided to make such a forfeiture after '"I'he Date," his further penalty is that he has- the title of the forfeiture, along with a score of "NC" entered on his record. This, of course, places extra emphasis on the fact that the player has "lost" the game. The rules are especially clever in that the players' opponents get to set "The Date". In the present game, "The Date" was February 28. Not a bad move by the players' Opposing Team, since this is well in advance of the time mot players know many, If any, exam results! The subtle stroke of genius becomes apparent when the player realizes that his opponents have set "The Date" in ADVANCZ of mid term! In other words, before most players are certain that a course should be dropped, they can drop the course with no (?) penalty: whereas by the time mt players are certain that a crse should be dropped, they mmnt be penalized for doing so. What devious complexity! Brilliant. simply brilliant. And the players' Opposing Team is now adamant in declaring that "The Date" will not be changed. And that's rotten sportsnanship. Because last semester "Ibe Date" was changed. Not once. But several times! Why it's dowm*Mt disconcerting. This is an in teresting gane indeed! Let's face it. The imposition of a "Drop Date" - certainly any earlier than the last day before the beginning of final exams - 1s a pathetic carryover from a bygone era, and should have been tucked away along with the old grading system. Let's update Carolina's "aadministration". Let's drop the "Drop Date" game. PARRIS ALLEN BOYD Australia-A Bkunder Down Unaie Th ELtAut.~ INTERNATIONAL JoBs - E -pe Sd America, Asia. AmmtraBa, U. 8. A. Openings in all fields - Seelali nmne, Business, Sciences, Emgnemrug, Eduacation. etc. Alaska esasreei and pipeline work. Earnbes to S wsetl. Summer or permanemt. Pai ememe, bonuses, travel. O.mplut emea ih formation -only $P.0. Meni hek guarantee. Apply early Ge bed ep portunities - write noww!! Maemlam Employment, Box 72-81I6 ftaber, Massachusetts O198i (Not an e.sm agenevy)